Practice question
A covered foundling meets a public office's natural-born requirement but fails a separately applicable age qualification. The candidate argues 5 waives every other qualification. Which is correct?
- Citizenship protection does not itself waive independent office qualifications.
- Natural-born status automatically establishes every age and residence fact.
- All covered foundlings automatically win every election.
- The officeholder may ignore the Constitution entirely.
- Only the candidate's preferred qualifications apply.
Legal references
- RA11767 Sections3-5 and9-11, foundling status and registration: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11767_2022.html
- 1987 Constitution ArticleIV and applicable office-specific qualifications: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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